Face-shield for riders of motor-vehicles.



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1904.

W; Z Mme Mz I\To. 780,692.

- UNITED STATES Iatented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE- CLEMENT HENRY WHATLEY AND LENA BENOK, OF HAMMERSMITH,LONDON ENGLAND.

FACE-S HlE LD FOR RIDERS OF MOTOR-VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,692, dated January24, 1905.

Application filed March 8, 1904. Serial No. 197,070.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CLEMENT HENRY WHATLEY and LENA BENoK, subjects ofHis Majesty the'King of Great Britain, residing at 266 King street,Hammersmith, London, England, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Face-Shields for Riders of Motor-Cars, Bicycles, and'theLike, (for which we have obtained a patent in Great Britain,

No. 6,147, dated March 17, 1908,) of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to a shield for protecting the face of a rider ofa motor-car, bicycle, or like vehicle from the force of beating wind anddust.

In order that our said invention and the manner of its use may be fullyunderstood, reference is hereinafter made to the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of our said faceshield,While Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, the latter view also showingthe manner of attachment of the said shield to a waist-belt worn by therider. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the said belt; and Fig. 4 is aplan view of an extension-piece in hinged connection with the frame ofthe said protecting-shield, as

shown in Fig. 2, and adapted to rest against the chest of the wearer.Fig. 5 is a diagrammatical view'of a motor-vehicle, showing how' theface-shield may be directly applied thereto. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a slightlymodified arrangement of fixing the face-shield to thewaist-belt.

Our invention consists of a circular or ob-- long frame A, of anysuitable material, and preferably made in two parts connected by meansof screws or pins B and adapted when so connected to retain between thema disk 0, which said disk may conveniently be of talc, mica, glass, orany other transparent substance or material in one or any number ofsuitably-connected parts. The said frame A has connected thereto orformed integrally therewith a leg or foot D of round or fiat or otherformation in cross-section adapted to fit into a metallic or othersocket or recess E, riveted or otherwise connected to an adjustablewaist-belt F, adapted to be worn by the rider, the said leg or foot Dhaving any number of holes G formed therein for the adjustment of theheight of the said frame A by the means of a suspended thumb-screw H,adapted to pass through a hole provided in the face of the socketE andengage with one or the other of the said holes G, or in lieu of holes Gra slot N may be provided in the leg D for engaging with a pin'O,attached to a plate P, situated in the socket E, as at Fig. 6, such pin0 passing through a hole in the front of the socket and adapted toreceive a fiy-nut R for fixing the leg D in the desired position between said socket E and plate P, as illustrated by Fig. 6.

The frame A has hinged to any convenient part of the back thereof awood, metal, or

other plate J, (shown detached in Fig. 4 and in position in Fig. 2,) thefree end of which has a preferably padded plate K attached theretoarranged to fit and rest against the breast of the wearer in order tokeep the protecting frame or shield A B O a suitable and convenientdistance from the face of the rider.

in the socket or recess E or L so as to place the shield directly infront of the face of the wearer. The said shield, while affording to therider every facility for observation, would entirely protect his or herface and the upper part of his or her body from wind and dust whentraveling, while the hands are perfectly free for manipulating themachine.

Having now described our invention, what We claim as-new, and desire tosecure by Lette'rs Patent, is-

1. A wind and dust protecting face-shield comprising a frame surroundingand retaining a disk of transparent material and having a leg or footattached thereto for adjustably connecting said shield in a socket orrecess attached to a Waist-belt substantially as and in the mannerherein described.

2. A Wind and dust protecting face-shield comprising a frame surroundingand retaining a disk of transparent material and having a leg or footattached thereto for adjustably connecting said shield in a socket orrecess attached to a Waist-belt, said frame also having a breast-supportin hinged connection there- With substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

3 The Wind and dust protecting means for therider of a motor-car,bicycle or like vehi-

